Bob and Holly Murphy celebrated the 14th anniversary of their colorful La Arcada two-story gift store Coast 2 Coast Collection with a boffo bash for more than 150 guests, a fun fête so large they took over the eatery State & Fig, just across the way to accommodate everyone. The locale – formerly Hampstead Village, […]
Carpinteria TV host Conan O’Brien is hosting the next Oscars. Announcing Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme, O’Brien then said: “In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars.” He told his fans at the weekend. It will be his first time as Oscars host. He has emceed other high profile shows like the Emmy Awards in […]
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Local rockers The Doublewide Kings were supersized when they performed The Next Waltz, celebrating the classic rock group The Band with the Santa Barbara Symphony under conductor Brett Strader at the Granada. The hugely entertaining sold-out show, presented by the theater and Earl Minnis, under executive director guitarist Palmer Jackson, Jr. – a symphony board […]
Opera Santa Barbara’s latest production, Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with conductor Kostis Protopapas at the Lobero, was a triumph! Under director Octavio Cardenas, New York-based tenor Robert Stahley as the principal character and Los Angeles-based soprano Alaysha Fox as Nedda were quite superb, with baritones Ben Lowe as Taddeo and local resident Matthew Peterson as Silvio, and […]
Itzhak Perlman, one of the world’s greatest violinists with 16 Grammys and four Emmys, played in a truly memorable chamber music concert at the Granada with the stellar Juilliard String Quartet and two global piano stars Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Emanuel Ax. The event, part of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures program, included Leclair’s “Sonata for […]
Empty Bowls, the popular fundraiser for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, staged its 27th event at the new $20 million Sharehouse in Goleta, with more than 750 guests participating in the artisan bread and soup event. The 77,000 square foot Foodbank property boasts ten times the refrigeration storage space, and the sold-out fun food […]
Social gridlock reigned at the charming Provençal-style Montecito estate of international interior designer Penny Bianchi when more than 200 guests attended a sunset soirée for Santa Barbara-based designer Wade Weissmann’s new 260-page plus coffee table tome Homes of Quiet Elegance: A Collection of Recent Works. Wade, who splits himself between our Eden by the Beach […]
Gina Carbajal – whose lengthy career in the nonprofit sector has included leadership roles at organizations serving local children, families, and disabled individuals – has been appointed Chief Programs Officer for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, starting next month. A native of Los Angeles, Carbajal completed her undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara before […]
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s 13 Tongues at the Granada brought the sights and sounds of Taiwan’s legendary night markets to life in all their human and spiritual dimensions. Mixing traditional storytelling with futuristic imagery and shifting between folk, classical and electronic music sources, the energized production, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures series, […]
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Camerata Pacifica’s latest show at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall was an absolute gem with works by Fukushima, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg. Flutist Yoobin Son playing “Mei, for Solo Flute” opened the concert with Rachmaninoff’s “Moments Musicaux.” Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet” with Jose Franch-Ballester was the penultimate performance, with Schoenberg’s […]
Prince William and his younger Montecito-based brother Prince Harry have now found themselves on opposite sides of a media rivalry. The Prince of Wales’s latest initiative, focused on tackling homelessness, is the subject of a British ITV documentary, marking a significant step in his efforts to bring awareness to social issues. Slated to air in […]
State Street Ballet kicked off its 30th anniversary season in grand style with an impressive colorful double bill, Scheherazade and The Firebird performed with the Santa Barbara Symphony under maestro Nir Kabaretti at the venerable Granada. Scheherazade, with choreography by Autumn Eckman and music by Rimsky-Korsakov, was first envisioned by State Street’s managing director Tim […]
Peripatetic Montecito accountant and Art Foundation of Santa Barbara president Frank McGinity opened the gates of his historic Riven Rock estate – just a tiara’s toss from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – for the third year for 80 guests at the fun fête, An Artful Affair, organized by the Art Foundation of Santa […]
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